Happy Father’s Day is a reflective coming-of-age piece with a comedic edge created by Dani Harris-Walters. A heart-stirring journey that focuses on a vital relationship from an unexpected point of view. With the use of Hip Hop Dance, this engaging solo work navigates through a realm of anecdotal sketches with a fusion of movement, rap, animation and text.
This relatable and uniquely crafted work is the unconventional puberty lesson you wish you had during school.
Content Warnings: References to death/dying, pregnancy/childbirth, drug/alcohol/substance abuse.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Written & performed by Dani Harris-Walters
Produced by Fern Crosbie
Lighting Designer: Ali Hunter
Dramatuge: Ashely J Francis
Animator: Jerome Rodgers-Blake
Fine Artist: Lee Putman
PRESS + REVIEWS
“Happy Father's Day is a fully-fledged theatrical triumph…” - Graham Watts, Chairman of the Critics' Circle: Dance Section
“The material is so good that he doesn’t need to be crude. He doesn’t resort to jokes. It all just flows like his chatting to his best friend.” - David Meed, SeeingDance.com
“His delivery is so natural and witty that the hip hop dance that punctuates and illustrates his seminal chatter feels seamless, an almost inevitable embodiment of a sperm’s excitable, tumbling, slyly sliding journey into blissful union.” - Ka Bradley
“ Harris-Walters hooks us unerringly into his monologue with allusions” - Nicholas Minns
“The piece feels a bit like you’re watching a "cool" version of Sex Ed... Harris-Walters’ performance style is so enthusiastic and infectious that you can’t help but go along with it.” - Pippa Sterk - The Strand: The Arts & Culture Magazine
“An engaging storyteller he encourages the audience to egg him on and indeed we do, urging him on every step of the way whooping and cheering.” - Anna Mortimer, Wonderful News Reviewer.
RUNNING TIMES
60 minutes, no interval
AGE RECOMMENDATION
11+ (Suitable for younger viewers with parental discretion)
